Does Aerodynamics Matter in a Kart?

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I disagree, New-Line makes kart specific radiators and it does not look they have angled fins.

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I may be mistaken. It does seem they probably make their own cores. Fins are just a long strip of metal folded accordion style. I guess the extra complexity of those at a angle is not viewed to be enough benefit for the cost.

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So you can mount it vertical?

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Per that wording, yes you can.

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Thatā€™s the key thing.

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Does anyone run a full length belly pan for increased down force? If so, does it work?

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In Sprint Racing, the rules usually do not allow for the floor pan to extend beyond the central cross-bar (between the fuel tank and the seat). In Road Racing, I believe it is legal to extend all the way to the rear of the kart frame.

I noticed the rear floor pan in one of Jorgeā€™s videos (JAM Racing) from a Roebling Road Road Race. As he was bump-drafting another kart, you could clearly see the floor pan extending all the way to the back bumper.

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We had a competitor at the Battle at the Brickyard one year that ran a full-length floor pan. This was in the shifter class (stock honda), and it didnā€™t seem to provide any advantage.

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I think two of the TB Kart USA guys who were with Jorge of Jam Racing were running a full length floor pans. I know one of the guys Jorge was running with and he told me had just gotten one, but I havenā€™t ask him if heā€™d used it yet. Not sure without checking the rulebook if its allowed in CKNA, but Iā€™ve heard some road racers use them.

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Wasted effort in a sit-up sprint class.

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Unless youā€™ve got twin B-bombs on a vintage kart and are going 107 MPH at the end of the straight at New Castle like Dean Kossaras was in 2020!

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WKA bellypan can go to end of main chassis tubes, in NKA it can go to centerline of the rear axle.

Beyond that I have not looked at rulebooks.

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Iā€™m still surprised by this. I would have bet money there was a difference. Maybe with a bigger driver it would have an impact?

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Totally possible. I know other drivers have said they feel the wind in their face with the M6 but not with the M7. Iā€™m sure itā€™s conditional.

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Iā€™m sure preconceptions help with that, too.

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Last year Gabriel Gomez was pole on OK at the World Championship with the old CRG bodywork in a high speed track without even tucking that hardā€¦ thatā€™s all I have to say :sweat_smile:

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